Genshen: Starting from Liyue, he is equipped with the seals of the Six Kingdoms

The Malthusian Trap is a term that many young people are very familiar with in the information age. Concepts such as involution and flatness have a deep connection with this economic term.

This economic term is named after the British political economist Thomas Robert Malthus. It believes that population growth increases according to a geometric progression, while survival resources only increase according to an arithmetic progression. Any additional population will always increase at a certain rate. If all methods are eliminated, the population cannot exceed the corresponding level of agricultural development.

This concept was originally aimed at agricultural societies. When humans achieved the agricultural revolution through chemical fertilizers, the world once thought that the Malthusian trap was a thing of the past.

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

If this concept is slightly expanded, its connotation is still applicable today, that is, limited economic growth cannot be shared with everyone at the same time. When the economic increment decreases, people have to start competing for the already small amount of economic stock... Then there are economic crises and wars.

Maximian naturally didn't understand what a Malthusian trap was, but all the evidence that Niwa had cited had already blinded him, and he didn't even think of asking.

Yes, the reason for Maximian's rebellion was not the illusory freedom, but the Gale Demon God's refusal to provide more survival resources for his people, and even refused to stop taking in homeless people!

This aloof devil doesn't care about the opinions of his people at all, he just stubbornly protects everyone with his self-righteous logic!

The wind wall isolates the ice, snow and cold, the land and sunshine allow people to obtain food, and all wanderers from outside are taken in and sheltered... This is enough in His opinion.

For hundreds or thousands of years, there was indeed no problem with this routine, and the people did respect and love Him as He expected, but in the last hundred years or so, everything has changed!

Maximian didn't know what "geometric growth" meant. He only knew that the population in the tribe was increasing and the food was becoming less and less available. To make matters worse, the output of food is also getting less and less - he doesn't know that this is because long-term extensive farming and lack of chemical fertilizers have led to a decrease in land fertility!

Maximian was a rare smart man. When everyone would only repeat the complaints that were destined to be impossible to be heard by the Gale Demon God, he had learned to investigate without any teacher.

The results horrified him.

Judging from the information he collected, in the past ten years, all the seven tribes of wall keepers he was familiar with had suffered from food shortages, and the rate of newborn mortality had increased significantly!

All the villages outside the royal capital have experienced varying degrees of food production losses, but even within the wind wall, the weather is still as smooth as before!

The price of food in Gale Capital has continued to rise fivefold in the past ten years, and shows no signs of falling back!

There has been a small wave of bankruptcy among the residents of the royal capital who are engaged in handicrafts, and this wave is spreading to the urban middle class!

Maximian has little education, but the problem has become so serious. The Gale Demon God and the Storm Priests still ignore all this, which makes him extremely desperate!

"This is what I know... There have been a large number of bankrupt poor people who need relief in the central area of ​​the royal capital, but the food that the storm priests can come up with is very limited, because our king never hoards food... The streets are full of skinny poor people. ...If the problem is not solved, their today will be our tomorrow..." Maximian buried his face in his hands.

"So what are your thoughts?" Niyu asked calmly.

Maximian took a deep breath, "We need a new god, a god who can bring us hope. He must be able to change the environment of Mondstadt and open up more land suitable for human survival. This is also The reason why I prefer the Thousand Wind Elf. Although he is still very weak, he can open up a land suitable for human survival in the east. If he can possess the power of the Gale Demon God, maybe..."

Niyu stopped asking questions and slowly stood up and said: "You will be punished for hiding from the gods, but not now. We will find a way to destroy the Wall of Sighs. Let me ask you one last question, Maximian, for this What price are you willing to pay for the success of the rebellion?”

"Everything!" Maximian said decisively, "As long as the Lawrence tribe can continue, I am willing to give everything! Besides, this is not a rebellion, but a revolution!"

"Isn't it for everyone's continuation?" Niyu looked at him with a half-smile.

Maximian blushed, "It doesn't make much sense to sing high-key in front of the envoy. Although what I do will indeed benefit everyone, I still do it for Lawrence first."

"But Lawrence's life has not reached the point where he can no longer survive."

"If you wait until that day to take action, it will be too late."

"People may not understand you."

"So what? Lawrence never expects others to understand. Lawrence only does what he thinks is right and sticks to it."

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In the big room where the time traveling team was, Niwa called Yura, Amber, and Ying together and relayed the conversation with Maximian to them.

He has the blessing of the Wind God and knows very well how to prevent Qianfeng from passing the message to the Gale Demon God.

So everyone started the first text live broadcast on the Teyvat continent.

"So how should we help Lawrence's people enter the Storm Tower?" Amber was not very skilled in manipulating the fire element to spell out words, and the words were twisted.

"I suggest you do some reconnaissance first and then decide." The words condensed into ice elements were clear and cold, just like Yula's calm eyes.

"Is this difficult? After all, the Storm Tower is surrounded by the guards of the Storm Priests. It is difficult to get close without a suitable reason." Ying's elemental talent is amazing, and the wind element can also produce clear text in her hands.

Niyu's eyes moved slightly, and then the water elements gathered together to form words, "Let's go back and think about it first."

After everyone left, Niyu slowly walked to the bed and pushed open the wooden window sash, "When do you want to peek in?"

Heinz looked at Niwa confidently outside the window, "If Lord Dongfeng Guardian didn't want me to watch, I'd probably have complained long ago, right? Since you agreed, how can this be called peeking?"

Niyu's expression remained unchanged, "Now that you've read it, tell me what you think."

"Of course I have the idea, but it's probably not going to be popular."

"Huh...Lawrence never expects understanding from others? Your family is really a virtuous person."

"Expect summer insects to understand what winter ice is? People who think like this are idiots, right?" Heinz smiled sarcastically, then turned and walked into the darkness.

Niyu stared at his back silently, his expression gradually becoming complicated.